Absolute Novice with Mageia software!

[ShadowSkill]

Hi my name is Jerry.
I have a friend who a few years back had set me up with this lap top I am currently using to type this e-mail with. It is originally a Toshiba. My friend who was familiar with Ubunto had all their programs on here and I loved and hated it at times, but I loved the fact of controlling my computer bottom line. My friend Roller sent me a link a while back for downloading Megeia2 and the installation with DrakX manual. He claimed that if I liked the Ubunto, I would really Megeia's software. So my question is how do I properly go about installing Megeia software, do I need the first version to do so, and I have no idea what the hell I am looking for if I have to do it from scratch because I do not have a huge vocabulary in this field to properly put apps together. This is what the basic system file says below. Can someone give recommendations for a true beginner like myself?

System----------------------------------------------

Rating: Window 3.3 experience index

Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz 2.19GHz

Installed Memory(RAM): 2.00 GB 1.87 usable)

System Type: 64-bit Operating System

Pen and Touch: No Pen or Touch Input is available for this display

[nigelc]

Hello,
Just download and install mageia3.

https://www.mageia.org/en/3/
A 64 bit or a 32 bit should work.

[doktor5000]

For documentation you may want to have a look at the work of our documentation team:
http://doc.mageia.org/